You published 10 posts but Google shows zero results for site:yourblog.com. Your blog is invisible.

In this tutorial, you'll fix Blogger indexing issues and force Google to index your posts. Follow along and you'll appear on Google in 24-72 hours.

Step 1: Check If Blog Is Blocked from Google

Blogger can block search engines by mistake. This is the #1 reason blogs don’t index.

  1. Go to blogger.com → Left menu → Settings
  2. Scroll to "Privacy" → Check "Visible to search engines"
  3. Must be set to "Yes". If "No", turn ON → Save
  4. Also check "Crawlers and indexing" → "Enable custom robots.txt" = OFF unless you know code

Image: Visible to search engines setting in Blogger

Step 2: Check robots.txt for Block Errors

Robots.txt tells Google what NOT to crawl. Wrong code blocks your entire blog.

  1. Open https://www.yourblog.com/robots.txt in browser
  2. Good robots.txt looks like this:
    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /search
    Allow: /
  3. Bad robots.txt: Disallow: / - This blocks ALL of Google
  4. To fix: Settings → Crawlers and indexing → Custom robots.txt → Turn OFF or paste correct code above

Image: Correct robots.txt file in browser

Step 3: Remove Noindex Tag from Blogger Theme

Some templates add noindex by mistake. Google obeys it and ignores your blog.

  1. Theme → Edit HTML → Ctrl + F → Search noindex
  2. If you find: <meta content='noindex' name='robots'/> → Delete that entire line
  3. Save → Clear cache: Ctrl + F5

Image: Removing noindex tag from Blogger HTML

Step 4: Force Google to Index Your Posts

MethodWhereSpeed
URL InspectionSearch Console → URL inspection → Request indexing24-48 hours
Submit SitemapSearch Console → Sitemaps → sitemap.xml2-7 days
Internal LinksLink new post from homepage + old posts3-5 days
Social ShareShare URL on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit12-24 hours

Step 5: Check Index Status & Common Errors 2025

  1. Test indexing: Google search → Type site:yourblog.com → See how many pages show
  2. Coverage report: Search Console → Pages → Check "Not indexed" reasons
  3. Error: "Discovered - currently not indexed" → Low quality or duplicate content. Add 500+ words, unique images
  4. Error: "Crawled - currently not indexed" → Google saw post but thinks it’s not useful. Improve title, add internal links

Bad practice to avoid: Submitting same URL to "Request indexing" every hour. Google will ignore you. Limit: 10 URLs per day.

Important: New blogs take 1-4 weeks to index fully. After fixing settings, publish 1 post every 2 days. Consistency tells Google your blog is active.